SPORTS
Jackrabbits pick up first district wins
The Bowie Jackrabbit baseball team was able to secure their first district wins of the season last week with their sweep of City View.
The Jackrabbits won 7-2 and 10-2 to break out of their slump and keep their playoff hopes alive.
Bowie came into the week having lost their first three district series against Jacksboro, Iowa Park and Henrietta with out a win.
The Jackrabbits knew they needed to win out if they wanted to keep their playoff hopes alive and got started against the Mustangs.
Bowie scored two runs in the first inning and three in the second inning to take control of the game. While the bats cooled off after that, adding only one run in both the fourth and fifth innings, it was enough to stay in firm control.
City View threatened, scoring runs in the fifth and sixth innings, but not enough to stage a comeback. The Jackrabbits held on to win 7-2.
The team got RBIs from Edmond De Leon, Trae Siegler, Hayden and Hunter Rodriguez. Bowie finished with eight hits and drew five walks.
On the mound, Seigler pitched a complete game, allowed two runs on two hits while striking out eight and walking two. The defense committed one fielding error.
The Jackrabbits were able to build on that win and play even better a few days later on the road. City View took the lead after the first inning, going up 2-1. That seemed to fire up Bowie as the team took back the lead in the second inning.
The Jackrabbits offense scored in all but two innings during the game while Bowie’s defense recovered to shut out the Mustangs the final six innings. The Jackrabbits won 10-2.
The team got RBIs from Rayder Mann, Boston Farris, Caden Belcher and Seigler to the lead the team. Bowie finished with 12 hits and drew eight walks. Combined with the five fielding errors from City View and the Jackrabbits benefitted from some unearned runs.
On the mound, Farris came in to pitch relief in the first inning. He allowed no runs and one hit while striking out nine and walking four in 5.2 innings of work. The defense committed one fielding error.
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Bowie softball had a historic season, where the squad made the postseason for the first time since 2019 and knocked a top seed from the playoffs, come to an end April 29.
No-4 ranked Tuscola Jim Ned got out to a quick start and took an 11-1, five inning win in the area round of the Class 3A Division I playoffs. Bowie had its season end at 19-15.
With a large crowd at Weatherford High rooting them on, Bowie took the field looking to knock out another top seed, as they did with Early last week.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie will have two track athletes at the State track and field meet May 14 with top two finishes at the Region 1-3A track meet at Abilene Christian University May 1-2.
Tyler Richey finished 2nd in the pole vault with a 15’ leap. Richey was also 9th in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.39. Sophomore Braden Willett was 3rd in the 1,600-meters with a school record best of time of 4:21.93. Willett was 4th in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 9:29.71.
Several other Rabbits and Lady Rabbits competed at the regional meet. The 800-meter relay foursome of Colton Dosch, Richey, Finn Riddle and Jaxon White finished 6th with a time of 1:30.24 while the 1,600-meter relay team of Dosch, Judah Livsey, Riddle and Blaine Leonard finished 8th with a time of 3:30.76.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Saint Jo’s boys and girls track teams took top honors at the Region III-A track meet at Hewitt Midway High School May 1-2 and will send several athletes to the state track and field meet May 16 in Austin.
The boys were led by Damon Byrd who won both the long jump with a 22’9 ¾” leap and triple jump with a 45’ 10 ½”. Byrd also won the 100-meter dash with a time of 1.03 and was a member of the victorious 800-meter relay along with Trent Gaston, Barrett Johnson and Lee Yeley with a time of 1:30.80.
Yeley won the high jump with a 6’ leap. Byrd, Yeley, Dominic Luna and Gaston combined for a 2nd-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay with a time 3:32.81. Gaston was 2nd in the 110-meter hurdles with a tie of 16.09. Johnson was 2nd in the 400-meter dash in 50.75, Ayden Giambruno was 6th in the 3200-meter run in 11:05.24 with Yeley 8th in the 200-meters with a time of 25.61.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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